TweetSo if someone says to us, by word or by action, “You should be over that by now,” we can recall the words from the Talmud: “Judge no one before you have been in his place.” When people ask how many kids I have, I always say three children and pretty soon, the question goes on details like “are...
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Tweet A mother who lost a child often cry out over insensitive remarks. I have heard it countless of times. Consider this conversation from a mother who though a well meaning friends was insensitive. Don’t they know? Of course these wonderful, concerned, well-meaning friends don’t know. They can only guess how I feel....
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TweetTis the season to be jolly…fa-la-la-la-la. Right, it may be a season to be jolly for some of us but there are a few out there who experience the holiday blues for so many reasons. I can see it in the emails I receive. I am not a therapist but for some reason, more and more visitors email me asking for advice for all...
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Tweet MLQ Message for Vee Press E-books’ launch I regret being unable to join my good friend Noemi Dado on this extremely happy occasion. She and her husband are the best kind of friends any writer can ask for. She can agree to disagree and can find the whole path where neither integrity nor civility ends up being compromised. I...
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TweetGive sorrow words; the grief that does not speak. Whispers the oe’r fraught heart and bids it break. ~William Shakespeare Picking up the pieces As we as a nation try to salvage what bit of dignity of we can still salvage on the failed operation of the police, the failure of the government of Noynoy Aquino and the wanton...
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Tweet The deaths of eight innocent civilians is tragic. The Filipinos are grieving. Families of the victims are sad and...
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Tweet “Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance.” Robert Frost It was a wonderful morning when I wobbled over to the Director’s office at the UP Institute of Small Scale Industries (UP-ISSI). The month of January 1986 was just a few months before I gave birth to my eldest girl, Lauren and I was always...
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Tweet Holidays are a season of cheer and happiness for many of us. For others it serves as a constant reminder of their loved ones who are no longer with them. On the second Sunday of December, parents worldwide join together and light candles for their dead children. For 12 years, parents gathered on the second Sunday in December...
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TweetWasn’t it just 10 years that I last hugged my beautiful boy on a breezy, sunny day at the beach? Though the searing pain in my heart is not as sore as it once was 10 years ago, the scab sorts of falls off on anniversary dates. Luijoe should have been 16 years old today. I created this video tribute of his life and last...
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Tweet“Ever since I was born, Daddy has been the best father you could ever imagine. And I just wanted to say I love him — so much.” — Jackson’s daughter, Paris-Michael, who broke down in tears.” Photo Credit via cnn.com I gaze at the TV as I see the casket of Michael Jackson as it is being wheeled out of...
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TweetDeath leaves a heartache no one can heal, love leaves a memory no one can steal. ~From a headstone in Ireland Lisa Marie Presley is obviously in grief. She is devastated. In her heart-wrenching blog entry, He Knew, Lisa is gutted and feels like she could have done more for her ex-husband, Michael Jackson. 14 years later I...
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Tweet Image courtesy of Pedestrian Observer Ruby Rose’s death was just so shocking that it took me many days before I woke up from my stupor to blog about it. Her death was just too gruesome that even a seasoned police investigator found it difficult to describe the circumstances on how Ruby Rose was handcuffed and gagged...
read moreTweet I still miss those I loved who are no longer with me but I find I am grateful for having loved them. The gratitude has finally conquered the loss. — Rita Mae Brown My husband’s chartered flight kept circling around last friday for an hour. Visibility was zero at 4:00 PM. Lightning struck at that very moment...
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TweetI brought a child into the world and thought my life was complete. I bowed my head and thanked the Lord for giving this child to me. My dreams were of the future and of how my child would be, Of how he would run and play games like hide-and-seek and always run back to me. How could I live my life without my child – How...
read moreTweetSuicide is very much in the news these days. A forensic expert who conducted an autopsy on Trina Etrong, wife of Ted Failon said that the contact wound on her temple indicates suicide. (Edit on April 22- A second autopsy points to suicide) I ‘d like to point out that the Compassionate Friends refer to the death as...
read moreTweet(Update May 21- Trina Etong committed suicide–NBI ) It was just a matter of time yet the news of Ted Failon’s Wife death came as a shock. Trinidad Arteche Etong or Trina , died tonight at 8:50 PM. She died of cranial injury but was it due to homicide or suicide? Her daughter thinks that her mom tried to commit...
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TweetDying is a wild night and a new road. ~Emily Dickinson Remember Amiel Alcantara? Well, it has been 40 days since his sudden death? One of the things so astonishing and costly about losing a loved one is that, while the sun continues to rise and set, newspapers continue to be delivered, traffic lights till change from red to...
read moreTweet A paragraph in Manolo ‘s entry on The Long View Insecurity and The Invisible Class caught my eye: And meanwhile, there continue the biting criticisms. Blogger Caffeinesparks puts it this way, reacting to the outpouring of sympathy and shock over the death of Amiel Alcantara, the child accidentally run over in Ateneo de...
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My grief journey culled from edited 2006-2010 blog entries are now converted to an ebook format and "Print on demand". Read story behind the ebook.
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This is about me ( a Filipina mom) and my journey to a "new normal" after the death of Luijoe , my beautiful 6 year old son.
Recovery is a work in progress.... read more?
Celebrating love , life and experience at the Lady Gaga Born This Way Ball
Bullying in Philippine Schools
A hug is a handshake from the heart
A letter to my daughters. Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough
Being romantic in Batanes : A time to celebrate the beauty, gift, and the blessing of enduring love.
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